Philip II of Macedon

(c. 382–336 BCE)

BIRTH

c. 382 BCE

PLACE

Pella, Macedon

DEATH

336 BCE

PLACE

Unknown

FAMILY

CHILDREN

Alexander the Great

(356 BC-323 BC)

HOMES

RELIGIOUS VIEWS

RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED

DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED

MEMBERSHIPS

AWARDS

Philip II was king of Macedon and the father of Alexander the Great with Olympias. He consolidated Macedon, built a formidable army and defeated a Greek alliance at Chaeronea in 338 BCE.

MONARCH

EARLY LIFE

Philip ruled Macedon from 359 to 336 BCE. His military reforms and diplomacy positioned the kingdom for the Asian campaign later carried out by Alexander.

CAREER

DEATH

Pausanias assassinated Philip in 336 BCE at Aegae during wedding celebrations. Accounts of the assassin’s motives and of any wider conspiracy remain disputed.